30,000 evacuated as Colombia’s Mocoa prevents another disaster
More than 30,000 people were evacuated from Mocoa in south Colombia over the weekend after heavy rains again devastated the town where more than 300 were killed in a mudslide…
More than 30,000 people were evacuated from Mocoa in south Colombia over the weekend after heavy rains again devastated the town where more than 300 were killed in a mudslide…
Local politicians are responsible for the death of at least 336 people in the southern Colombian town of Mocoa for failing to implement measures that could have prevented a flooding…
Sunday marked 100 days since a landslide destroyed the southern Colombian city of Mocoa and the government promised to rebuild the town. Locals who survived the disaster that killed 332…
Colombia’s southern city of Mocoa was warned nine months ago about the potential threat of avalanches in its disaster-struck areas, but took no action, reported Semana magazine. Mocoa, along with several other…
At least 11 people were killed and 15 injured in a bus crash in Colombia’s southern Putamayo Department, reported local media Monday. According to Highway Patrol Director Francisco Patiño, the…
A nine-year-old girl is tied to a chicken coop by her stepmother as punishment for allegedly smoking, reported newspaper El Espectador Friday. The child has been tied to the outside…